1.    Melania Trumps speech sounds familiar. When potential first lady Melania Trump stepped to the microphone at the Republican National Convention Monday night, some of her words may have seemed familiar. A portion of her speech was identical – and another portion nearly identical – to the address given by current first lady Michelle Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colo. [Read here]

2.    Speed a factor in boat crash. Investigators believe that speed played a "major" role in the Friday afternoon boat crash that killed four people on Lake Lanier. The 38-foot power boat carrying two couples from Kentucky — Anthony and Tammy Reece and Arthur and Melissa McMahan — overturned near Lake Lanier's Cocktail Cove. The bodies of Melissa McMahan, 45, and Tammy Reece, 44, were recovered Saturday morning. Their husbands' bodies were found Sunday morning. [Read here]

3.    Braves lose 8-2 to Reds. The Reds got to Braves right-hander Matt Wisler for three home runs on the way to an 8-2 victory Monday. The Reds clubbed three homers in the fourth inning against Wisler to turn a one-run deficit into a 5-1 lead. [Read here]

4.    Heavy downpours and gusty winds ahead. A dry start will give way to heavy downpours in some areas of metro Atlanta Tuesday. [Read here].

5.    Photos: Opening ceremonies for Atlanta Olympics. It was 20 years ago today, opening cermonies for the Olympics in Atlanta were held. [Read here]. 

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An aerial image shows part of John A. White Park taken on Wednesday, July 4, 2025, where the City of Atlanta plans to build new trails as part of the citywide Trails ATL plan. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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Scott Jackson (right), business service consultant for WorkSource Fulton, helps job seekers with their applications in a mobile career center at a job fair hosted by Goodwill Career Center in Atlanta. (Ziyu Julian Zhu/AJC)

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